38 posts tagged “iphone”

And on appleTV

What a blast from the past! It's unopened too.

I had this idea last night...I can let users subscribe to feeds without leaving the mail client.
I added all the feeds as messages in the [feeds] folder, and the subscription is controlled by the status of the message.  See the screen shot to the right.

Recent updates:

• The inbox is a collection of all your subscribed feeds
• Read/Unread status is preserved across folders (inbox/feed)
• Browse all available feeds in the [feeds] folder
  
• Add remove/feeds by setting the unread status on the message
• A Perl SMTP server handles incoming messages and processes commands
• Emails sent are not relayed
• Emails are stored in the db for future review, so suggestions and bug reports can be filed easily
• Commands can be handled, but none are added yet.
  

I may change the feed subscription model to a two folder system. A subscribed folder and an unsubscribed folder.  You would move the message that represents a feed into the subscribed folder to add it to your reading list.  This seems more intuitive than the way I implemented it.  What do you think?

It works!  Sprocket.Reader is an IMAP mail server that pulls news feeds from a database.  I'm focusing on the iPhone mail client at the moment.  It's easy to use and there are no downloads or mods required.

If you are interested in being a beta tester, email me at: xantus at xantus d.o.t org.

Here are screen shots of me reading Slashdot

Oh noes!.   Heh

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: adamsjamil9 Gazeta.pl <adamsjamil9@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:21 AM
Subject:
To: undisclosed-recipients

I felt very sorry and bad for you, that your life is going to end like this if you don't comply. I was paid to eliminate you and I have to do it  within 10 days.

Someone you call your friend wants you dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told us that he wants you dead and he provided us your names, photograph and other necessary information we needed about you. If you are in doubt with this I will send you your name and where you are residing in my next mail.

Meanwhile, I have sent my boys to track you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for the operation, but I ordered them to stop for a while and not to strike immediately because I just felt something good and sympathetic about

Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? It is up to you. Get back to me now if you are ready to enter deal with me, I mean life trade, who knows, and I might just spear your life, $8,000 is all you need to spend. You will first of all pay $3,500 then I will send the tape of the person that want you dead to you and when the tape gets to you, you will pay the remaining $4,500. If you are not ready for my help, then I will have no choice but to carry on the assignment after all I have already being paid before now.

Warning: do not think of contacting the police or even tell anyone because I will extend it to any member of your family since you are aware that somebody want you dead, and the person knows some members of your family as well.

For your own good I will advise you not to go out on.